1 census tracts · pop 3,429 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 4.8–4.8
Cable Car Square maps to a single census tract in Dubuque, IA and houses 3,429 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. 27% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
39% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, above the Dubuque rate of 29.4%. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 62 evictions logged in this tract. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.4/10.
The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 4.9% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.9% in 2015, is well off that peak.
At $887 a month, rents sit 6% under what the rest of Dubuque commands. That places it #4 of 10 neighborhoods in Dubuque.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Timber Hyrst and Valley View. Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cable Car Square vs DubuqueHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cable Car Square
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
62Total filings (sum)
3.67%Avg annual filing rate
4.9%Peak year (2005)
2.90%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cable Car Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.5%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility shutoff threat
13.9%Food insecurity
12.2%SNAP enrollment
7.4%No health insurance
27.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cable Car Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cable Car Square?
Cable Car Square scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Cable Car Square compare to Dubuque overall?
Cable Car Square scores 0.8 points higher than Dubuque overall (4/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $887 vs $948.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cable Car Square?
Average gross rent in Cable Car Square is $887/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cable Car Square residents are renters?
46% of Cable Car Square households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Dubuque). The neighborhood has 3,429 residents.
Q5
Is Cable Car Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Cable Car Square sits in the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Cable Car Square for landlords?
Cable Car Square carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Dubuque as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cable Car Square?
Cable Car Square has 3,385 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7%), Other / Multiracial (6.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
